Church Road, Stansted, Essex, CM24

This charming period home is not listed yet dates back over 300 years in parts and offers much original character with high ceilings, well-proportioned living spaces.

Description

The house is essentially set over four levels with a large lower ground floor and cellar with kitchen and utility room together with plenty of storage. On the ground floor there is a reception hall and four large rooms comprising of drawing room, dining room, study and sun room backing onto the garden. There is also a ground floor shower room and WC.

Moving to the first floor there are six bedrooms, three bath/shower rooms and some lovely views over the gardens and fields beyond. The second floor offers three further bedrooms.
The annex, which occupies the entire North Western end of the house comprises of three additional bedrooms and a bathroom/WC. This could be accessed independently from the outside if required.

On the outside of the house and at the end of the long drive way there is a gravelled parking area providing plenty of turning space for the house and its adjacent coach house.
This driveway continues to the rear of the plot where there is a large barn with permission for conversion for residential use – this area is currently used for storage.

Adjacent to the house is a coach house which is again currently used for storage and this also benefits from residential planning permission to convert. Please refer to the planning reference UTT/20/0301/FUL.

The grounds themselves are set in a mature parkland style and enjoy a wonderfully peaceful aspect adjoining open countryside. There is a tennis court and a wonderful array of mature specimen trees and shrubs.

The house itself has been in the same ownership for over 40 years and has been sympathetically maintained by the current owners.

Location

The Manor House is situated on the outskirts of the popular village of Stansted Mountfitchet which provides an excellent range of shops, a public house and restaurants.

In addition there is a primary school and a railway station.

The town of Bishop’s Stortford is just three miles away and provides a wider range of shops and services and the city of Cambridge is also in reach. There is a superb range of private schooling at Bishop’s Stortford College, Haileybury College, Felsted and St Edmunds College.

The house benefits from excellent transport links both nationally and internationally. The station in the village has a commuter service to London Liverpool Street. Stansted International Airport has both domestic and International flights to many national and European destinations.

The M11 motorway (junction 8) is easily accessible and provides vehicular access to Cambridge and the A1 to the north and the M25 and London to the south.

Square Footage: 9,823 sq ft


Acreage: 3.18 Acres

Directions

SAT NAV Postcode CM24 8PZ

Additional Info

Mains Water, Electricity, Gas and Drainage
Broadband and Satellite available in the local area

Internal photographs taken in 2020, exteriors 2023.